A journey on the Meter Gauge between Ratlam and Akola, over a gem of a line which persists in the face of gauge conversion and offers spectacular vistas. Please see the accompanying Trip Report By Shikhar Parjan
In the pre-dawn darkness, Ratlam MG Platform has the 52975 Ratlam-Akola Fast passenger ready to depart at 6 AM (Shikhar Parjan)
A bright morning as we await a crossing at long-named Fatehabad-Chandravatiganj around 8 AM (Shikhar Parjan)
A temple, a chai-waalah, and a bored ALP stomping about in the still-cold morning. Fatehabad Chandravatiganj (Shikhar Parjan)
Close up of the coupling mechanism of our YDM4 # 6719 (Shikhar Parjan)
YDM4 # 6315 brings in the first Ratlam bound service, as the Semaphore indicates at FTD (Shikhar Parjan)
Lucky to see the token exchange, albeit at low speeds, at Palia with YDM4 # 6353 coming in (Shikhar Parjan)
Bustling MHOW PF #1 (Shikhar Parjan)
Rattling off over points at MHOW 'A' Cabin, showing a view of MHOW's yard (Shikhar Parjan)
The fun kicks up - we are at Patalpani - and the descend and another train is ascending up and given the signal (Shikhar Parjan)
The dry, parched sidings at Pstalpani (Shikhar Parjan)
YDM4 # 6638 has come in up the ghats with a Indore bound service (Shikhar Parjan)
simple and functional mechanism to control the points at Patalpani (PTP) (Shikhar Parjan)
YDM4 # 6726 is the banker pushing the new arrival, with the Guard looking on (Shikhar Parjan)
This caboose at PTP seems to be there, at the same spot many months later, when another member uploaded the same view in the rainy season (Shikhar Parjan)
Dry looking Patalpani Falls flash by in a mili-second (Shikhar Parjan)